Graeme Leung: Quotes about people

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Graeme Leung: 18 quotes0 likes

“Reconciliation and forgiveness are matters of the heart. They cannot be forced on the people.”

24 May 2005 letter to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase

“If the law is bad and unpopular, it is for the people through the ballot box, to show their displeasure. But in a democracy, it is not the business of the military, however well-intentioned, to interfere with the law-making process.”

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“It's the way we are - our people show their respect to their leaders by keeping quiet. It is considered rude to speak your mind.”

24 May 2005 letter to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase

“These fears (held by indigenous Fijians) must not be ridiculed but understood and addressed. In the final analysis it will be counterproductive to impose democracy on people who have yet to fully understand how it will sit against everything they believe in.”

Address to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nadi, 8 September 2005